BanditLuke wrote: » Safe at home. Stay safe
timmy_mallet wrote: » Surely if those who aren't social distancing and going to each others house is as rampant as some suggest, then the restrictions are already lifted and the hospitilsarion rate isnt going anywhere bodes well for life getting back to a better normal.
Longing wrote: » Be realistic. This will not be over until vaccine 1 year to 18 months away. But I do hope shops and other business will start to open again in the coming months. But unfortunately it will take time for our economy to recover. Everyone is effected by this pandemic one way or another some more than others. We have to adopt and change they we live our lives going forward.
timmy_mallet wrote: » Waved the white flag above his head and exited out the back door.
polesheep wrote: » Is this the last sting of a dying wasp?
Longing wrote: » We will only see one restriction lifted at one time. Then a waiting period to see its OK then we move on to the next restriction.
BillyBiggs wrote: » Surely the higher the compliance in the next 9 days, the more restrictions can be lifted?
BanditLuke wrote: » Doesn't look like there will be any type of relaxation of restrictions on the 5th going by some of the comments from ministers the last few days as well as Tony and other high ranking HSE officials. Going to be tough for a few on here to take but take solace in the fact that they are the experts and we are all just hurlers on the ditch for Ireland. Safe at home. Stay safe and support your HSE.
Deleted User wrote: » Thanks. I know I'll be fine, I've been through worse. But there are thousands out there who aren't fine, who maybe aren't as strong. While I'm cracking up I always know I have a baseline and I stop myself going lower than that, its just not an option. I have seen some awful stuff of the most abusive nature on Boards threads in the last few weeks, because some posters are saying they're not coping well. There has been a complete lack of empathy in understanding other people's experiences and their feelings of isolation and loneliness. I hope everyone comes out of this with their mental health intact. I hope these lucky people posting how easy this is never learn the hard way how lucky they are in their "happy life" bubble. That was me once upon a time.
Discodog wrote: » I think a future lockdown is understandable if it proves necessary & people will accept it. The checkpoints are pointless. All businesses, that can operate with distancing, should be allowed to open & the Gardai redeployed to ensure that distancing is being observed. The questioning of individuals is a total waste of time. It's disappointing that the government seem dismissive about regional variations. It's crazy to shut down thousands of small businesses, companies etc in areas with low incidence of Covid. It's also crazy to use the Nursing Home figures as a rod to beat the rest of the country with.
Sweet.Science wrote: » Why ? Wards arent full in public hospitals. Private hospitals are lying empty which will cost the taxpayer 100s of millions
Benimar wrote: » Do those of you who insist restrictions must be eased on the 5th (I’d like them to be but if they can’t I'll continue to comply) not see the benefit in coming down hard on those who are currently breaking restrictions? I’m talking about those who aren’t social distancing, who are going into each other’s houses etc. Not those who go for a 2nd walk, stray 2.1km from home etc. Surely the higher the compliance in the next 9 days, the more restrictions can be lifted?
giveitholly wrote: » Look after yourself Maggie and that post is a real eye opener to what is happening to a lot of people around the world but the lockdown merchants won't even think of someone in your situation,hope you get through this pandemic and come out stronger after it
timmy_mallet wrote: » Someone will be along soon to tell you to "put your shoulder to the wheel" or "toughen up"... dont mind them and dont worry, itll be over soon.
Nermal wrote: » The WHO backtracking on their scaremongering tweet yesterday:https://www.twitter.com/WHO/status/1254160937805926405
Multipass wrote: » Couldn’t agree more, ‘I’m all right Jack’ is the attitude. 2 adults on 700 a week, I’d be in heaven too. My son is 18 studying for the leaving cert.... in hope it will go ahead and his college applications overseas will wait for the delayed results. I got laid off in January. So we are 2 adults trying to live on 239 per week, I’m struggling with suicidal thoughts every day.
Deleted User wrote: » Some posters are unbelievably smug in how they are loving this holiday time in their lovely house, looking after their lovely garden, having lovely drinkies and BBQs while listening to their favourite music, banking €700 between them a week with no huge outgoings except a "small" mortgage...... well whoppee for them. Its not like that for everyone. To say there is a lack of empathy from such posters is an understatement. I live alone, my only 2 kids live abroad, I'm home with no work until restrictions end , my mother is in a nursing home and i haven't seen her for 7 weeks, shes rapidly losing weight due to her illness. I am a strong person, very active and fit and a member of a hiking club. My outdoor pursuits and activities have been my natural therapy ever since I lost a child to cancer some years ago. Many thousands of people in this country have suffered bereavement of children, partners, siblings and parents, many of those are very recently. Our therapy was always to meet people, go to the shops, get a coffee, get outside to the mountains or the beach, go to work. That has been taken away from those people who are silently suffering huge losses and many of them are completely alone now. WhatsApp and Zoom are no longer cutting it , its often lonelier after those calls seeing my kids so far away...... both my trips to them this year cancelled. These last 6 weeks have been horrendous but I will get through this period. I am not ringing some helpline as there is nothing wrong with me except I feel lonely. There is far too much smugness from people saying those who are lonely and isolated are "snowflakes" and just "get on with it" (while they sit at home together sipping wine and watching Netflix). I have noticed ALL these people are in couples and many have kids. They don't know what loneliness is . A lot of people have no ability to look at life from a different perspective to their own.
BanditLuke wrote: » Amazing this still has to be explained to the selfish open it all up warriors on here.
Longing wrote: » This is not a full lockdown.
easypazz wrote: » I doubt we will ever see a full lockdown again. Increased social distancing as required, testing capacity, ppe reserves and the ability to rapidly scale up ICU rooms with ventilators etc. will enable us to manage any future wave better.
ek motor wrote: » Yes I have heard this too, I think hardware stores and maybe some other stores will re open on the 5th and probably construction sites too as you say. Dont be surprised if they are closed again in the coming months if new cases/deaths start going too far north.
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